Latest RLI Headlines
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AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for RLI
Jan 31 2025 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “aa” (Superior) of the...
RLI Insurance Wants 16% Rate Hike in Florida on Umbrella, Filing Shows
Aug 30 2024 // RLI Insurance, a specialty insurer serving niche markets, will raise rates on personal umbrella policies, including uninsured motorists’ coverage, by an average of 16%, starting Sept. 1, according to a use-and-file...
RLI Bullish on Southeast Property Insurance Market as Others Exit
Jul 22 2022 // RLI Corp. has been hiring teams of property insurance professionals as the specialty insurer embraces opportunity in the southeastern U.S. market that others are fleeing, executives said Thursday during a second-quarter...
Markets/Coverages: BTIS and RLI Cater to Home-Based Businesses; Cover Genius Targets Midsize Retailers with Warranty App
Jun 14 2022 // BTIS Partners With RLI to Offer Nationwide Home-Based Business Insurance Managing general agent Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services (BTIS) has launched a home-based business coverage that is available...
Illinois Specialty Insurer, RLI, Makes Leadership Promotions, Changes
Mar 8 2021 // Peoria, Illinois-based specialty insurer serving niche property, casualty and surety markets, RLI Corp., has promoted or named several leaders to new roles. Kevin Horwitz, vice president, Claim, has assumed the role of...
RLI Corp. CEO Michael to Retire in 2021; Kliethermes Will Replace Him
Nov 19 2020 // Property/casualty specialty insurer RLI Corp. said current CEO Jonathan Michael is retiring at the end of 2021, and RLI Insurance President and Chief Operating Officer Craig Kliethermes will succeed him. Michael’s...
Kliethermes to Take Over as CEO of Illinois’ RLI When Michael Retires
Nov 18 2020 // Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. says Craig W. Kliethermes, current RLI Insurance Co. president and chief operating officer, will succeed Jonathan E. Michael as RLI’s chief executive officer, upon Michael’s...
RLI Promotes Ahrens to VP, Inland Marine; Hartje to VP, Excess Liability
Nov 4 2020 // Specialty insurer RLI Corp., based in Peoria, Ill., has promoted Blake A. Ahrens to vice president, Inland Marine, and Bob W. Hartje to vice president, Excess Liability. Ahrens previously served as assistant vice...
RLI to Offer Samsara IoT Loss Control Services to Trucking, Commercial Auto Clients
Feb 19 2020 // RLI Transportation, a division of RLI Insurance Company, has partnered with Samsara, an industrial IoT company that provides sensors and software to manage vehicle fleets and industrial operations. The partnership will...
RLI Transportation Launches Digital Accident Kits
Dec 4 2019 // RLI Transportation, a division of RLI Insurance Co., is now offerings digital accident kits for customers to report accidents. In addition to traditional accident kits, RLI Transportation insured drivers can now report an...
RLI, Gridiron Form Excess Liability Binding Authority Partnership
Nov 4 2019 // RLI has formed a partnership with Gridiron Insurance Underwriters to offer RLI’s excess liability binding authority insurance through Easy Excess, Gridiron’s dedicated online wholesale excess liability...
RLI Announces Bryant to Replace Retiring CFO Brown, Other Changes
May 7 2019 // Specialty insurer RLI Corp. announced that its chief financial officer is retiring and it has made other executive changes. CFO Thomas Brown, who is also a senior vice president, will retire on July 1, 2019 after eight...
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Feb 18 2019 // National MetLife has named Darla Finchum as head of the company’s U.S. property/casualty business, MetLife Auto & Home. Finchum had been serving in this role on an interim basis since last August. She will be...
RLI Promotes Kirk, Schick Within Surety Group
Jan 17 2019 // Peoria, Illinois-based RLI Corp. has promoted Bob Kirk and Brian Schick within its Surety group. Kirk, assistant vice president, Commercial Surety, has been promoted to vice president, Commercial Surety. Kirk succeeds...
RLI Promotes Mesco, Campen, Irish in Claim Department
Jan 16 2019 // Illinois-based specialty insurance company, RLI Corp. has promoted three leaders within its Claim department. Nic Mesco, assistant vice president, Claims, has been promoted to vice president, Claims, with executive...
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Aug 6 2018 // Caledonia, Michigan-based retail consulting and insurance brokerage, Acrisure, appointed industry veteran William Malloy as president of its Specialty Division. Malloy has extensive leadership experience in the insurance...
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Jun 18 2018 // Chicago-based CNA appointed Bruce Dmytrow to senior vice president, Healthcare. He reports to Kevin Smith, president and chief operating officer, CNA Specialty. Dmytrow joined CNA in 1995, most recently serving as vice...
RLI Appoints Davis VP, Corporate Services; Ferrell VP, Internal Audit
Jun 15 2018 // Specialty insurer RLI Corp., based in Peoria, Illinois, named Seth A. Davis vice president, Corporate Services, and promoted Patrick D. Ferrell to vice president, Internal Audit. Davis will lead the company’s...
RLI Names Handzel VP, Chief Claim Officer
May 11 2018 // Peoria, Illinois-based RLI Corp. has appointed Bob Handzel as vice president, chief claim officer. Handzel will be responsible for successful claims handling and resolution for the corporation’s diverse insurance...
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Oct 2 2017 // Global insurance broker Hub International Limited (HUB) named Marc Cohen, currently president, as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 1, 2018. He also will be a member of the board of directors. Cohen...
